Pashinyan proposed to veto the use of insults in discussions


Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan proposed to veto the use of offensive language in public discussions, promising that he would be the first to do so himself. As the Prime minister noted on June 28, society must come to a consensus in order not to use rude comments against others.
"I propose to reach a public consensus that from a certain date we will stop insults and hybrid attacks in the socio-political-public sphere and move on to an exclusively civilized and respectful discussion based only on proven facts," he wrote on his Facebook page (owned by Meta, whose activities are recognized as extremist and prohibited in the Russian Federation).
He added that he sets July 1 as the start date for the consensus.
"From now until July 5, I veto my use of 'apocryphal' terminology and language," the politician said.
Pashinyan promised that at the end of the specified period, he would share what impressions of his proposal in society and what the reaction of users of social networks was.
On April 22, a fight broke out in the Armenian parliament between deputies of the ruling Civil Contract faction and the opposition Armenia, after one of the parliamentarians at the meeting proposed criminalizing denial of the Armenian Genocide. Before the scuffle began, Parliament Speaker Alen Simonyan made critical remarks about the opposition from the Dashnaktsutyun party, which is part of the Armenia faction. The speaker announced a 20-minute break.
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